Hurricanes blown back home

OMAHA, Neb. - Sean Ratliff homered and Cord Phelps tripled in Stanford's four-run fifth inning, and the Cardinal ousted No. 1 Miami from the College World Series with an 8-3 win Wednesday.

Stanford (41-23-2) set up a rematch against Georgia, needing to beat the Bulldogs twice to return to the best-of-three championship series for the second time since 2003.

Stanford starter Danny Sandbrink and reliever Erik Davis kept Miami's potent offense in check. The Hurricanes failed to join the 1999 squad as the only No. 1 national seeds to win the CWS.

Miami, the overall top seed and ranked No. 1 for most of the second half of the season, has been eliminated in three games in each of its four CWS appearances since 2003.

Phelps had three of Stanford's 11 hits and drove in two runs. He had a single and double to go with his triple and missed out on hitting for the cycle when he flied out to short right in the seventh inning.

After Miami's first two batters reached base on singles, Sandbrink and Davis combined to hold Miami without a hit until the sixth inning.

A former starter, Davis (8-3) had allowed 11 earned runs in his previous 13 innings before Omaha.

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He pitched an inning of relief against Florida State on Saturday and allowed a run on two hits.

In his four innings against Miami, Davis gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out six.

Sandbrink, a freshman, allowed two hits and a run in the sixth start of his career.